Cart



April 8 1924.

' E. wlLsHusEN CART `Filed June' .2o .1 192s Patented pr. 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES ERNEST WILSHUSEN, OF HAMPTON, NEBRASKA.

CART.

Application led June 20, 1923.

To all fr0/mm t may concern.:

Be it known that I, Emmer VVILsHUSE-N, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hampton, in the county of Hamilton and State of Nebraska., have invented certainV new and useful Improvements in Carts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carts used in connection with hay stacking machines for guiding the fall end of the rope which operates the hoisting mechanism; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed wherebythe rope is guided in a Straight line when the hoisting mechanism is being lowered and the team is being backed.

The hoisting mechanism or" a stacking machine is usually operated by a team of horses hitched to the fall end of the rope. In lowering the stacking mechanism the team is backed, and when the team is hitched directlyr to the fall end of the rope it is diilicult to back the team satisfactorily and in a straight line.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a cart constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View, and Fig. 8 is a rear end view o-f the Same, partially in Section. s

The team of horses is hitched to a draft tongue 5 by means of a whiiiletree 6. A

disk 7 and a rino- 8 are riO'idl secured to- CS C? the rear end portion of the draft tongue. rThe disk is arranged above the ring, and has an upwardly projecting flange. 9 at its periphery to stiften it. The ring 8 is preferably channel-shaped in cross-section, for stiffness and lightness.

Distance pieces 10 are secured between the disk and ring at predetermined points, and u seat 12 for the driver is secured above the disk. The axle 14 is arranged between the disk and ring, and is pivoted at their center in the forked end portion 15 of the draft tongue by means of a vertical pin 16.

. The road wheels 17 are mounted loosely on the end portions of the axle 14. A bar 18 iS rigidly secured to the middle portion of the axle, and projects rearwardly thereof between the two rear distance pieces. The axle projects laterally between the front Serial N'o. 646,560.

and rear distance pieces, and the draft tongue is free to rock to a limited extent in a horizontal plane, the rear distance pieces operating as Stopsto limit its movements by contact with the bar 18. The fall end portion of the rope 2O which operates the stacking machine is secured to the rear end portion of the bar 18.

When the team is driven forwardly to raise the stacking mechanism, the draft tongue is always in line with the bar 18. When they stacking mechanism is being lowered, and the team is being backed, the rope 20 and bar 18 are kept in a straight line leading to the stacking machine by means of the axle and ground wheels, as

' the bar 18 is rigidly vsecured to the axle,

but the team is free to swerve to the right or to the left because of the pivotal connection of the draft tongue with the bar 18 and the axle of the cart. The fall portion of the rope guides the cart in going back, but does not guide the team, and this enables the stacking machine to be operated in a more satisfactory manner and with less danger of accident.

The disk? is preferably formed of a ring angle-shaped in cross-section and having wooden boards secured to it as shown. The bar 18 and axle 14 have braces 22 which secure them together.

What I claim is: s

1. A cart, comprising an axle, ground wheels mounted loosely on the end portions of the axle, a bar for the attachment of an operating rope rigidly secured to the middle part of the axle and projecting rearwardly, adraft tongue for the team ar-v ranged in line with the said bar and provided with a forked rear end portion which straddles the axle, a vertical pin pivotally connecting the forked end portion to the axle, and stops rigidly connected with the draft tongue and limiting its lateral pivotal movements by contact with the said bar.

2. A cart, comprising an axle, ground wheels mounted Yloosely on the end portions of the axle, a bar for the attachment of an operating rope rigidly secured to the .m-iddle part of the axle and projecting rearwardly, adraft tongue for the team arranged in line with the said bar and provided with a forked end portion which straddles the axle, a Vertical pin pivotally connecting the forked end portion with the axle,y a disk and a ring secured rigidly to the rear end portion of the draft tongue und arranged above and below the axle respectively, and distance pieces secured at intervals between the disk and ring and limiting the pivotal movements of the draft tongue with respect to the Said bar and axle by Contact 10 with tlie S21-id bar.

ln 'testimony whereof l have affixed niy signature.

ERNEST VVILSHUSEN. 

